The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Danvers Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 81 out of 328 districts

3,630

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	0.9%
Asian	1.2%
Hispanic	2%

Native American	0.1%
White	95.7%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

47.9%

Girls

52.1%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 176 out of 328 districts

1.7%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 148 out of 328 districts

0.4%

Students in special education
Rank: 231 out of 328 districts

13.4%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 214 out of 328 districts

7.1%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 83 out of 256 districts

1.0

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 184 out of 328 districts

94.8%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

1.2%

Students who received one or more out-of-school suspensions

5.3%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 181 out of 327 districts

0.8%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	41.4%
4-yr public college	27.2%
2-yr private college	3%
2-yr public college	17.2%
Other education	0.4%

Joined workforce	6.5%
Military service	1.3%
Other	0.4%
Unknown	2.6%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

266

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 182 out of 328 districts

13.6 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 130 out of 328 districts

98.2%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

92.6%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 70 out of 328 districts

$54,023

Total school spending (FY04)

$29,221,366

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 176 out of 325 districts

$8,019

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 100 out of 308 districts

$7,208

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 201 out of 325 districts

$13,571

Number of students per computer
Rank: 302 out of 327 districts

10.5

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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